GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |